Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] took up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he took up the longest and sharpest , wrapping its hilt round in his leather apron , and waited . |
| 2 | Five years later he took up the project again under the new title of Church Dogmatics . |
| 3 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 4 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 5 | Then I took up the double bass and organ for good measure . |
| 6 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 7 | Then she took up the discarded tray and looked back at him where he stood now , leaning against the wall between the French windows , his silver flask of brandy open as he sipped defiantly , watching her with a black scowl on his face . |